Anime Expo, abbreviated AX, is an American anime convention held in Los Angeles, California and organized by the non-profit Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA). The convention is traditionally held annually on the first weekend of July, spanning the course of four days. Anime Expo is regularly hosted at the Los Angeles Convention Center but has also been held in other cities such as Anaheim, San Jose, New York, and Tokyo.
Attendees at AX 2022
Re:Zero cosplayers at AX 2018
Homestuck meet-up at AX 2012
Attendees gather at the LA Convention Center's South Hall during AX 2016.
Anime and manga convention
An anime and manga convention is a fan convention with a primary focus on anime, manga and Japanese culture. Anime conventions are commonly multi-day events hosted at convention centers, hotels or college campuses. They feature a wide variety of activities and panels, with a larger number of attendees participating in cosplay than most other types of fan conventions. Anime conventions are also used as a vehicle for industry, in which studios, distributors, and publishers represent their anime related releases. They also take place in multiple different countries, such as Japan, South Korea, China, India, Indonesia, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Outside the convention hall at Anime Expo, an anime convention held in Los Angeles, United States
Comic Frontier, an anime convention held in Jakarta, Indonesia
Cosplays of Konoe and Miyabi (from Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imōto ga Iru!) at Tracon 2012 in Tampere, Finland
Bilibili World 2018, an anime convention held in Shanghai, China